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Assign a Hotkey to Open a Terminal Window in Ubuntu
Since we spend so much time at the command line in Ubuntu, it sometimes makes it simpler to launch a new terminal window with a shortcut key.
Ubuntu has a built-in utility for assigning shortcut keys. Go to System \ Preferences \ Keyboard Shortcuts:
Scroll down to where it says “Run a terminal”, and click in the Shortcut column. When you see “New accelerator…”, the next keystroke that you use will set the keyboard shortcut.
I assigned Ctrl+Alt+X as mine…. one press of the key combination and up pops a terminal. What a time saver!
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- Published 12/10/06
Have you ever tried Tilda? It’s in the Ubuntu repositories and it’s an awesome Terminal that you can automatically pull up at the push of a button the default is F2. It’s what I use to have a terminal at my fingertips all the time.
Cliff,
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/install-a-drop-down-console-in-ubuntu/
=)
Thanks so much, you are a life saver!!!
Hi, is it possible to somehow just doubletabs i.e. pressing a hotkey twice quickly as trigger for this (or for anything else for that matter). Some applications and tools on windows like autohotkey let us do that. Would be neat if it was doable on Ubuntu too.
Yakuake. Tilda sounds a lot like it, but Yakuake uses the same schema and settings as your ordinary Konsole (openSUSE/KDE 3 here).
Oh, I see this was mentioned twice in the other linked thread. Never mind =)
Thnx a lot………….was really useful
Is there a way to make the terminal in the current directory?
Don’t know why I hadn’t thought to do this, every other window I open is a terminal. Ctrl + space is mine. Thanks!
Antonio, you might be thinking of something like this: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Terminal+Here?content=73250
thank you so much
Try Ctrl+Alt+t, its the default in ubuntu 10.04.
I prefer Guake – i just searched and luckily this was posted later for those interested:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/22283/four-ways-to-get-instant-access-to-a-terminal-in-linux/
@Erik> Yes.. And its there in Ubuntu 10.10 as well. =)
And Also on Ubuntu 11.04